Lithium One and Kores sign JV for Argentine project
South Korea’s government-owned mining company has agreed to finance Lithium One’s (LI-V) Sal de Vida lithium b…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Cliffs makes play for majority stake in Big Daddy
A battle for control over the high-grade Big Daddy chromite deposit in the McFauld’s Lake area of nor thwes tern Ontar io has erupted. For the moment, it looks like KWG Resources (KWG-V) and Spider Re…
Cliffs goes after majority stake in Big Daddy
Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) has made separate but similar cash offers to acquire KWG Resources (KWG-V) an…
Canadians chip away at China’s rare earth monopoly
China may have cornered 97% of the global rare earth market over the last two decades, with its low-cost structure putting many non-Chinese suppliers out of business, but a handful of Canadian juniors hope to challenge that monopoly and develop…
Canadians hope to chip away at China’s monopoly on rare earths
China may have cornered 97% of the global rare earth market over the last two decades, with its low-cost struc…
Largo secures US$150 million for vanadium project
Vancouver – Largo Resources (LGO-V) has conditionally secured more than half the needed funds to develop its 7…
China lusts after Jamaica’s bauxite, alumina
Chinese companies have been on a tear for years now buying up mineral assets or joint-venturing with resource …
Quest outlines rare earths at Strange Lake
Quest Uranium (QUC-V) quickly built its reputation on the potential of the Strange Lake rare earth elements pr…
AMEC snaps up contract for feasibility study at Kitsault
U.K.-based consultants AMEC (AMEC-L) have been pegged by Avanti Mining (AVT-V) to prepare a feasibility study for the Kitsault molybdenum mine in northern British Columbia.
Quebec Lithium project gets bigger, better for Canada Lithium
A new prefeasibility study on Canada Lithium’s (CLQ-V, CLQMF-O) Quebec Lithium project envisages an open-pit mine that would produce 42.6 million lbs. of battery-grade lithium carbonate per year over …
Cobalt hunt lands Geovic in Cameroon
Geovic Mining (GMC-T, GVCM-O) is working to make Cameroon a go-to name in cobalt.
General Moly gets Chinese backing
A flurry of news from General Moly (GMO-T, GMO-N) had the company playing market darling, in early March.